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Arthur A. Nitsevych, Interlegal Ukraine nitsevych@interlegal.com.ua There are no doubts that the main occasion, which will determine the Ukrainian legal trends in sea carriage in 2018, is the entry into force of the Law of Ukraine on October 03 2017 “On amendments to...

Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Introduction This important Court of Appeal case concerned the scope of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules and their application to the carriage of goods by sea in containers. Kyokuyo (the respondent to the appeal and the claimant cargo...

Gill Nadel, Dave Zeitoun, Shirly Strezhevsky, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Background: Israeli legislation created a special arrangement which allows for claims to be filed against individuals who are not within the territory of the State of Israel. The plaintiff files a...

Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel On March 14, 2018, the Magistrate Court in the city of Be’er Sheva in Israel gave a ruling on the question of whether a freight forwarder is responsible for alleged damage sustained by an importer as a result of a...

Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Sevylor Shipping v Altfadul Company (The Baltic Strait) [2018] EWHC 629 (Comm) Andrew Baker J. This was an appeal to the High Court under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 arising out of a London arbitration award whereby...

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